Bengal Volunteers Corps was an underground revolutionary group against the British rule ofIndia. The group was functional from its inception in 1928 to theIndian independence.
Subhas Chandra Bose organised a group of volunteers during the 1928Kolkata session ofIndian National Congress.[1][2][3][4] The group was named Bengal Volunteers Corps and was under the leadership of Major Satya Gupta. Subhas Chandra Bose himself was theGeneral officer commanding.[5] After theCalcutta session of the Congress was over, the Bengal Volunteers continued its activities, under the guidance of Gupta,[6] and was turned into an active revolutionary association.[7]
The Bengal Volunteers decided to launch 'Operation Freedom' in the early 1930s, primarily to protest against the police repression in different jails in Bengal.[8]